Diablo II 1.13

[Eratosthenes]

The public test realm for 1.13 is open.

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html...44780&sid=3000

[Minions]

The public test realm for 1.13 is open.

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html...44780&sid=3000

Thought they already released a test realm? I'm confused, I know I've messed around with the patch prior to this test realm. Still amazed they have still yet to release this patch.

[Lucavi]

Higher drops on mid-high level runes to help curb rune-duping.

Its crazy that you stop seeing any and all runes after shael, yet I can get 15 unique flanged maces in a single night of boss-killing.

Also, nerf blessed hammer. I heard that they're removing the magic damage aspect of it, which will bring it back down to earth, so that's nice. A single move being physical and magical that ignores defense and can ignore resists (with the right equipment) is insane. Its always hammerdins at the top of ladders.

[Vandole]

“We traveled for an eternity...” - Marius

Travel no longer my friends - the Diablo II 1.13 Public Test Realm is LIVE!

Q: How do I begin testing on the PTR?
A: When you start Diablo II change your Battle.net gateway to “ClassicBeta”. When you log in the 1.13 patch will be applied to your game and you can begin testing the changes made in the patch. Since it's a new realm you'll need to create a new account.

Q: I don't see the ClassicBeta realm in my gateway list!
A: Log into one of the other gateways first, then back out and the classicbeta realm will appear.

Q: What if I want to play the normal game again?
A: Simply choose any of the other (non-PTR) gateways. Your game will be reverted to version 1.12 and you’ll be able to play on the live realms as normal.

Q: Where are my characters?
A: The PTR realm is separate from the live realms so your current characters aren’t carried over. You’ll need to create a new character to begin testing. But, cheats are enabled and you may use the following cheats by typing them into chat while in a game:
Gold # - Will provide the amount of gold specified
Level # - Will increase your level to the number specified
Waypoints 1 - Will activate all waypoints. You must still reach an act before that act’s waypoints will be unlocked with this cheat.

Q: What happens to my characters once the PTR testing period ends?
A: They remain on the PTR realm to be removed once the test ends. Characters on the PTR realm won’t transfer to the normal realms.

Q: How long with the PTR run for?
A: As long as we deem necessary to ensure the patch and changes are solid.

Q: Where can I give feedback and what kind of feedback do you want?
A: All 1.13 PTR feedback and bug reports should ONLY be posted in the Diablo II Test Realm Forum here: http://forums.battle.net/board.html?...01702&sid=3000

• All post should have a subject line that clearly describes the bug or feedback being given
• Use the search feature to ensure a thread doesn’t already exist before posting
• When reporting a bug include as much information as you can, including steps to reproduce it if possible
• Any non-constructive posts may be deleted and the poster’s privilege to post revoked
• This is a chance for you to ensure the 1.13 patch includes changes and balance tweaks that you think would lead to a better overall experience. Getting the information to us in a clear and logical way helps us understand your view and makes it easier for us to collect feedback for any potential updates to the 1.13 patch before release.

Q: What is the new "Mystery" mentioned in the patch notes?
A: It's related to the respec system implemented in the patch and can grant additional respecs beyond the three given for completing the Den of Evil quest in each difficulty. You'll have to play to find out how though.

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- Patch 1.13
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A new Mystery has been revealed!

- Players of Hell Difficulty Realm games are hereby warned once again,
that a series of new and challenging tests await you! The answer lies
within Diablo's Bosses, which span across the world from the Den of Evil
to the Throne of Destruction...


Major Bugs

- Fixed an item dupe bug.
- Video improvements for Intel Mac machines with OS 10.5 or greater.


Minor Bugs

- Uber Mephisto now checks for both Uber Baal and Uber Diablo to be killed before spawning summoned minions (Before he would only check for Uber Baal).
- The game will no longer stop and then restart the game music after the window loses and then regains focus.
- Fixed an issue where the game window would minimize when running in windowed mode when it lost focus.
- Fixed an issue where the game window wouldn't center properly when it was created.

Specific changes/improvements

- Respecialization is now possible! Completing the 'Den of Evil' quest will now additionally reward 1 free respec which can be saved. Players who have already completed this quest should receive 1 free respec in Hell difficulty.
- Increased the drop rate of high runes.
- Support for blit scaling in windowed mode. The game can now be maximized to the largest 4:3 resolution supported (hooray widescreen users).
- Some rare drop items now have an orange color. i.e. Runes and items required for Uber Tristam.
- Modified the gold bank limit to be a flat cap not bound by level.
- Nightmare/Hell WilloWisps champions/uniques have had their damage greatly reduced.
- Removed the requirements to create a hardcore character.
- Greatly reduced the explosion damage dealt by Fire Enchanted monsters.
- Uber Mephisto and Uber Baal's summoned minions no longer give experience.
- Removed Oblivion Knight's Iron Maiden curse.
- Hellfire Torch Firestorm proc rate has been reduced to 5%.
- Users can now toggle the display of text over the Health and Mana globes by clicking on the bottom area of each orb.
- Updated two Act 5 mercenary names to Klar and Tryneus.
- When creating a single player game, pressing the 'Enter' key now automatically creates a Hell difficulty game if possible.
- When creating a game, each difficulty button is now bound to a unique key: Normal 'R', Nightmare 'N', and Hell 'H'.
- The 'Enter Chat' Button in the battle.net waiting room is now bound to the 'Enter' key.
- Added the windows system buttons to the game window (MIN, MAX, CLOSE).
- Added new command line parameter '-nofixaspect' which allows users to not fix the aspect ratio to 4:3 when maximizing windowed mode. This lets the game 'stretch' to fill your monitor.
- Added support for '-sndbkg' command line switch. This enables sound in background.
- Added support for '-nosound', '-window', and '-windowed' command line options.


Revised Skill balance for Player Character classes


Amazon

-Immolation Arrow - Increased radius of Explosion effect by 33% and Immolation effect by 50%.
-Immolation Arrow - Explosion effect damage increased by 20%.
-Immolation Arrow - Increased base duration by 33%.


Assassin

-Shadow Master - Increased resistance range per point from 5-80 to 5-90.


Barbarian

-Whirlwind - Reduced initial mana cost by 50%.
-Masteries - Changed critical strike chance from 0-25 to 0-35.


Paladin

-Blessed Hammer - No longer ignores resistances of undead and demons.


Druid

-Werebear - Damage bonus increased by 15% across all ranks.
-Werebear - Increased health by 25% and armor by 1% per point.
-Shockwave - Synergy from Maul adds 5% damage per point.


Necromancer

-Blood Golem - Removed negative shared life effect (player no longer loses life when golem takes damage).
-Corpse Explosion - Increased base damage dealt from 60% - 100% to 70% - 120% of corpses health.
-Poison Nova - Increased base damage by 15%.


Sorceress

-Firewall - Synergy receives 1% damage per point of Inferno and Blaze and 4% per point of Warmth.
-Blaze - Synergy receives 2% damage per point of Firewall and 4% per point of Warmth.
-Hydra - Increased base damage by 15% per rank.
-Hydra - Increased base speed of Hydra projectile.
-Hydra - Reduced cooldown by 25%.
-Lightning Mastery - Reduced overall effect by 15%.

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I think i'll be reinstalling d2 this weekend.

[ZarakiKujata]

wtf is that uber shit.

[wintersquall]

anyone know of a good place to torrent this? i don't really want to blow cash on a 10 yr old game i might or might not like - just want to check it out before diablo 3 comes out.

[MisterBob]

Many sites sell D2 keys for $5 lol

[Ivaden]

Glad they didn't really nerf Blessed Hammer, my Baal bot wouldn't have been too pleased.

[Pikarya]

Installing now, kinda hard to pass this up.

[tornfleshofsoul]

Not trolling by any means, but I seriously didn't think this many people still played.

[wintersquall]

ah screw it, i tried to find a place to get cd keys for d2 and lod but they all look like extremely shady sites... not risking my comp to play this game.

d3 looks cool though.

[Chun Liroy]

No more teleport on enigma? way to ruin the fucking game.

[Chun Liroy]

I take that back, that update looks hot lol

[Ivaden]

ah screw it, i tried to find a place to get cd keys for d2 and lod but they all look like extremely shady sites... not risking my comp to play this game.

d3 looks cool though.

lewt.com is legit, have used it a couple times.

[wintersquall]

lewt.com is legit, have used it a couple times.

um yeah... about that site.

they took my payment, then 30 minutes later i got an email informing me that they were out of cd keys. gave me no idea when i might receive them.

filling out the paypal dispute information now... thanks

[Ratatapa]

updates looks meh but might start replaying for fun, wondwering to play normal or test that classic server

[Ivaden]

um yeah... about that site.

they took my payment, then 30 minutes later i got an email informing me that they were out of cd keys. gave me no idea when i might receive them.

filling out the paypal dispute information now... thanks

Whoops, sincerely sorry then lol. I've used them for other things, never had an issue. I'm trying to remember where I and a friend of mine bought CD keys, we got them within about an hour.

[Lucavi]

If anyone gets back into it, drop me a line. I've been playing religiously for about a month now, although I only play on ladder. If you get in before the reset, I'll help out with items and such.

[Pikarya]

If you're buying keys online from anyone besides G2Play.net. You're doing it wrong.

[Lewt.Com]

Unfortunately, the order was placed just as we started a restock of our CD Keys. We did offer five free runes of choice, on any realm of choice, for the delay but instead the order was canceled through PayPal. Like any business, we only have a limited supply of stock on hand at any given time. When we have to restock we try to do so as soon as possible and always offer some sort of compensation for the delay. Since we don't resell the CD Keys once they are delivered, and we only offer legit keys, we do have to restock now and then.

As of right now; we have keys back in stock for both Classic and Expansion. If anyone was curious that is.